UPDATED: The NT anti-corruption body’s second-in-charge has left his role to join the NT Police as its acting chief operating officer, in a strange move that comes amid media reports that police are investigating the Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.
The Territory Labor caucus and the NT’s head public servant have refused to say when they became aware of alleged election rorts perpetrated by the Chief Minister’s Office during the 2020 election caretaker period – or if any of them reported suspected improper conduct to the anti-corruption body in accordance with mandatory reporting laws.
WATCH THE VIDEO: The NT Independent sat down with organisers from United NT Businesses for a wide-ranging interview about how the group formed, the prospects of legal action they say they will be taking against the NT Government, the stigma of being labelled anti-vaxxers in the age of COVID and exactly what the group wants to see changed with respect to the government’s vaccine mandate.
EXCLUSIVE: A group of NT business owners will be filing legal action against the Gunner Government’s vaccine mandate in the NT Supreme Court this week, which they are confident will succeed despite legal action against mandates elsewhere in the country failing.
The NT Police have refused to comment on a death in a popular northern suburbs park frequented by families, after a body was found and the park was taped off Tuesday afternoon.
Aboriginal barrister Tony McAvoy has been appointed as the Northern Territory’s acting treaty commissioner, Treaty Commissioner Selena Uibo has said.
USG Boral will be closing its Darwin trade store indefinitely citing a lack of staff to run its operation because of the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, a letter to customers states.
Former Northern Territory resident Dr Philip Nitschke has said his new assisted suicide capsule, the Sarco machine, has been given legal approval for use in Switzerland, and he said he wants to develop an artificial intelligence screening system to establish a person’s mental capacity for assisted suicide.
Current and former colleagues have come to the defence of suspended Detective Sgt Leith Phillips, telling the NT Independent his loss will be a huge blow for Alice Springs policing and that he was the “most ethical officer in town” and “a man of great integrity” who has been mistreated by the NT Police top brass.
An Alice Springs Detective Sergeant has cited an "erosion of trust, respect, integrity, and the lack of compassion and common decency" in the NT Police executive team as the reason for resigning after 24 years service, in a letter sent to Police Commissioner Jamie...
Senator Sam McMahon allegedly attempted to punch the federal director of the Nationals party at a Canberra pub during a staff Christmas function, it has been reported.
A new Commonwealth corporation controlled by a majority-led Indigenous board will be established to distribute federal royalty money in the Northern Territory for projects that promote the economic self-sufficiency of Aboriginal people in the Territory, under legislative reforms passed on Wednesday.
